Living and dying to be counted: What we know about the epidemiology of the global adolescent HIV epidemic

AL Slogrove, M Mahy, A Armstrong… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: With increasing survival of vertically HIV‐infected children and ongoing new
horizontal HIV infections, the population of adolescents (age 10–19 years) living with HIV is …

HIV transmission and retention in care among HIV‐exposed children enrolled in Malawi's prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission programme

AD Haas, JJ van Oosterhout, L Tenthani… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction: In Malawi, HIV‐infected pregnant and breastfeeding women are
offered lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) regardless of CD4 count or clinical stage (Option …

Variations in the characteristics and outcomes of children living with HIV following universal ART in sub-Saharan Africa (2006–17): a retrospective cohort study

V Iyun, KG Technau, M Vinikoor, M Yotebieng… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The proportion of children living with HIV and receiving antiretroviral therapy
(ART) in sub-Saharan Africa has increased greatly since 2006, yet the changes in their …

Mortality and loss to programme before antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected children eligible for treatment in The Gambia, West Africa

U Okomo, T Togun, F Oko, K Peterson… - AIDS research and therapy, 2012 - Springer
Background HIV infection among children, particularly those under 24 months of age, is
often rapidly progressive; as a result guidelines recommend earlier access to combination …

Adolescent HIV treatment in South Africa's national HIV programme: a retrospective cohort study

M Maskew, J Bor, W MacLeod, S Carmona… - The lancet HIV, 2019 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The number of South African adolescents receiving HIV care and
treatment in South Africa is growing. By use of routinely collected laboratory data from South …

Who is the vulnerable child? Using survey data to identify children at risk in the era of HIV and AIDS

PA Akwara, B Noubary, P Lim Ah Ken, K Johnson… - AIDS care, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Over the past decade, there has been increasing global attention to mitigating the impacts of
the HIV/AIDS epidemic on children's lives. Within this context, developing and tracking …

Inequality in outcomes for adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV in sub‐Saharan Africa: a Collaborative Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and Research …

CIPHER Global Cohort Collaboration… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Eighty percent of adolescents living with perinatally and behaviourally acquired
HIV live in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), a continent with marked economic inequality. As part …

Understanding the contribution of common childhood illnesses and opportunistic infections to morbidity and mortality in children living with HIV in resource-limited …

S Modi, A Chiu, B Ng'eno, SE Kellerman, N Sugandhi… - Aids, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Although antiretroviral treatment (ART) has reduced the incidence of HIV-related
opportunistic infections among children living with HIV, access to ART remains limited for …

[HTML][HTML] Household and community HIV/AIDS status and child malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from the demographic and health surveys

MA Magadi - Social science & medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper examines the extent to which under five children in households or communities
adversely affected by HIV/AIDS are disadvantaged, in comparison with other children in less …

[HTML][HTML] Revealing the full extent of households' experiences of HIV and AIDS in rural South Africa

V Hosegood, E Preston-Whyte, J Busza, S Moitse… - Social science & …, 2007 - Elsevier
Households experience HIV and AIDS in a complex and changing set of environments.
These include health and welfare treatment and support services, HIV-related stigma and …